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Friday, 15 December 2017

Wizard Required - Apply DfT

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Exciting news in the world of recruitment! This from the Grauniad's job section : And what special skills are required that ne...
Thursday, 14 December 2017

East West Railway launch sees NIC knacked!

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Exciting news from the DfT … A direct rail link between the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge took a step closer today (14 Decembe...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Railway Carol Service - 21st December

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It's that time of year again! The annual Rail Staff Carol Service will be held at 12:30 on Thursday 21st December at St Mary's Som...

Euston to host homeless on Christmas Day

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This from Network Rail is great! Thanks to a partnership between Streets Kitchen, St Mungo's and Network Rail, London Euston station wil...

DfT outsources data collection to Labour

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What are we to make of this response? East Coast Rail Franchise Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transp...
Wednesday, 6 December 2017

The future is diseasel - stuff you!

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Good news for fans of diminished Air Quality! This image graces the cover of the Great Western Rail Franchise consultation , published yes...

Partnership falls flat at the Commercial Interface

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This from Hazel Grove... Today’s exciting announcement from Government is the Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy , in which High...
Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Connecting people - a thought

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Exciting news - the Government has finally published the  Rail Strategy ! Just shy of a year after it was originally announced . No matt...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

NIC knacks Railfreight

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Oh dear!  What are we to make of this, from the increasingly excitable twitter feed of Admiral Scrumptious? 15 mins late into Liverpo...

RDG - feeling the Maynard love

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This written answer from Rail Minister Paul Maynard … Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what ass...

VTEC - Master of the Interwebs

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This from Rob Roy… Good to see that VT East Coast has their finger on the pulse in this information age. One would have thought that someone...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Shaken and stirred - Murdoch to head NR Comms

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A big Eye welcome to Caroline Murdoch, NR's Group Communications Director designate. Caroline steps into the shoes vacated by Barney W...

Extension of Young Person's Railcard - A nation speaks!

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Today the government announced that the YP's railcard would be extended to 26 - 30 year olds. . @Conservatives have set out plans ...
Monday, 20 November 2017

Rugby club gets new boots

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This from the Archer… I thought BMRFC members might like to see what the Mids Div would be sporting on the field this season ( Is there an...

Pointless signs - Shoeburyness

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This from Strawbrick… This beauty is to be found at Shoeburyness Station car park Utterly pointless!

Eurotunnel car crash rebrand

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This tosh from Eurotunnel … Groupe Eurotunnel has today changed its name to Getlink. This new name, reflecting the dynamism of connection an...
Tuesday, 14 November 2017

TSC to look at Mobility as a Service

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This from the Transport Select Committee… Committee to explore transformative potential of ‘Mobility as a Service’ Mobility as a Service...
Monday, 13 November 2017

Shaken and Stirred: Chaudhry-van der Velde MD West Midlands

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This from Abellio/Mitsui... Merseyrail’s Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde appointed Managing Director of West Midlands Trains Merseyrail Deputy MD...

TSC Inquiry into Rail Infrastructure

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This from the Transport Select Committee ... The process for deciding the funding and outputs of Network Rail for the control period 2019-20...

Bigland made an honest man!

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Many congratulations to railway snapper Paul Bigland and ACoRP fixer Dawn Wolrich. Paul and Dawn tied the knot on Saturday with friends an...
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